[General Topics] cris_rowlands:
I just want to start a thread on what people genuinely think about the adjustments Microsoft© have made for the Windows Mobile 6.5 beta which was leaked everywhere.

Please dont just come on and say you hate it or just start complaining.

Just balanced and constructive suggestions. (could admins plz remove single minded complainst etc..)

Microsoft© wont ever learn anything about what people really want if there is nowhere that people can collate their ideas about improvements.

Please just state what device you have and which rom, then your point/s.

Ill start it off:

Im running wm6.5 (pdaviet rom) on my Elfin.

1) When i lock my phone, it hangs for a couple of moments before locking. Its only very short, but its still annoying. So, that could be faster.

2) When locked, It would be easier to use if you had the button at the top and have to move it down (or visa/versa) possibly an entry in the settings menu for editing the location of where you want the button to start and end to unlock?

3) I find if a problem when scrolling through the start menu and it stops after four lines of links. I think it would be much easier to remove this limit and let it scroll freely. The user can then stop it where they want.

4) seriously, make some new interface for the basics like the callendar app. They are always included, but it seems pointless making a more usable interface overall when you have to pull out the stylus the second you get into a default, simple app. Many people nowadays are simply resorting to 3rd party apps with better interfaces. (I have actually made my own design rework of the callendar app)

5) The menu given for start menu items needs to be extended to having an option for moving an item around. This should either have a selection of "move (up, right, left, down)" or you should be able to drag icons around.

6) The titanium today screen needs more options which should be customisable from the settings menu. This is what people on this forum have been doing, so i think it should be there by default with the ability to add more simply.

(This could possibly attract a little bit of attention from developers?)

7) Create a view for the contacts app where you simply scroll through a grid of the pictures associated with contacts. This would only be used by people who have pictures, but if this feature was available, it would prompt people to get pictures of the people in their phonebook.

8) Solitare - Make it look better. New backs for the cards? Better ending when a game is won - possibly more similar to the latest desktop version?

9) Make it easier to turn on/off/connect with bluetooth and wifi. I dont know too much about any other connections, but with these two, its more hastle than it should. What i currently have is an icon in my start menu. One with the bluetooth logo, the other with the wifi logo. These simply start and stop them. Also, when you connect to a bluetooth device, it would be nice if it displayed a menu of things you could continue to do, like "send (contact, file, etc)

10) Include a better way of turning the phone off or soft resetting it. Having to hold down the power button or poking the little hole with the stylus is reminiscent of having to hold down the power button on a PC when it crashes. A software alternative to this, included with windows mobile, would be well recieved.

11) some form of backup/restore solution. This would help reasure users that might be afraid of loosing their contacts or other data.

12) after going through the start menu into an program, or further into the settings and into a setting app, it would be nice to go back to the start menu upon closing the program. Its annoying when your altering all your settings and each time you go through a bunch of settings, you have to go through the start menu again to find the next lot of settings.

13) final thing: the scrolling is nice and smooth, but this added ease to scroll up and down seems to have sacrificed being able to select things easily. It takes several attempts to go into folders in the file explorer without scrolling up or down.

Positive things about 6.5:

The honeycomb menu makes the start menu easier to poke at.

The swiping between tabs in programs, and pictures in the "photos and videos" app is handy.

The enlarged menu lists are much more finger friendly (but the large buttons at the top and bottom hinder them slightly.)

Titanium is fun simply because of the three different ways of moving between tabs (its a simple thing, but it keeps me happy)

The calculator looks very nice :)

The little curves on the tabs is a nice change, more smooth looking

The whole UI looks better

I was a bit dubious of the start button going strait into the programs menu, but it grew on me very quickly and now i think its great.

Please add any ideas you have.

I hope Microsoft looks at this and takes the ideas people put into consideration before the official release.